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After the early success of the Hawker Hurricane in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, the Royal Navy decided to introduce it as protection for the Atlantic convoys. These were being monitored by FW-200 Condor aircraft, which operated far outside the range of British land-based aircraft, and co-ordinated the attacks of the U-boats on the convoys.
An interim measure gave birth to the 'Hurricat', a modified Hurricane mounted on a catapult located on the bows of some modified merchant ships. The only modifications to the Hurricane for this role were the addition of catapult spools and as such were designated Sea Hurricane Ia. These aircraft were not ideal, as once they were launched they either had to make it back to a land base or ditch in the sea near to the convoy. An improvement was the Ib, which had the catapult spools and an arrester hook to enable them to land back on merchant ships modified to have a small flight deck.
Hurricane Z7015 (above) was built by Canadian Car & Foundry at its Fort William, Ontario, plant during 1940 as a Mk I. After flight testing it was shipped to the UK where it was converted to Sea Hurricane Ib standard. Z7015 had a patchy wartime flying career, which ended in 1943, when it was delivered to Loughborough College as an instructional airframe. It remained there until it was transferred to the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961.
Z7015 was used statically in the 'Battle of Britain' film, before restoration to flying condition began. Several attempts to restore the aircraft were made, until in 1981, Z7015 was transferred to Duxford and another restoration was started, this time by the Duxford Aviation Society. This was progressing slowly until a formal agreement was reached between the Imperial War Museum and the Shuttleworth Collection, which meant that the same team that had restored the Collection's Spitfire would restore Z7015. The renewed restoration started in earnest in February 1986, and led to the first flight of the world's only Sea Hurricane Ib, in the hands of pilot Andy Sephton, on 16 September 1995.
Height: 12ft 0.5in Length: 31ft 9in Wingspan: 40ft 0in Engine: one 1030hp Rolls Royce Merlin V12 Max. Speed: 254mph Armament: eight 0.303in Browning machine guns. - Details from the Shuttleworth Collection website.
Goanna
Goanna, also known as a monitor lizard, is a close relative of Komodo dragon and one of the largest lizards in the world. There are 25 species of goanna that can be found in Northern and Eastern parts of Australia. Goanna prefers open woodlands and grasslands, but it can be also found near the water, in the swampy areas and in the deserts. Goannas are threatened with habitat loss, disturbance of their habitats (removal of the termite mounds, for example), road accidents and predation by domesticated species (cats and dogs). At the moment, number of goannas in the wild is stable and they are not listed as endangered animals.
Goanna, auch als Monitoreidechse bekannt, ist ein enger Verwandter des Komodo-Drachen und eine der größten Eidechsen der Welt. Es gibt 25 Arten von Goanna, die im Norden und Osten Australiens vorkommen. Goanna bevorzugt offene Wälder und Wiesen, aber es kann auch in der Nähe des Wassers, in den sumpfigen Gebieten und in den Wüsten gefunden werden. Goannas sind vom Verlust ihres Lebensraums, der Störung ihrer Lebensräume (z. B. Entfernung der Termitenhügel), Verkehrsunfällen und Raubtieren domestizierter Arten (Katzen und Hunde) bedroht. Im Moment ist die Anzahl der Goannas in freier Wildbahn stabil und sie sind nicht als gefährdete Tiere aufgeführt.